262 STNTOMIDJS. 



Genus PSEUDOMYA. ^r 



Type. 



Pseudomya, Hlibn. Verz. p. 124 (1827) mdanthus. 



Pseudociiaris, Drviee, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 56 (1884) sithon. 



Proboscis well developed; palpi porrect, reaching well beyond the frons 

 which is hairy ; antennas bipectinate, tlie branches dilated at extremity and 

 ending in a bristle, of moderate length in male, very short in female ; tibiae 

 with the spurs moderate ; hind tibire very long, the extremity and the tarsal 

 joints fringed with scales. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 3 from near 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at origin ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2 and 3 stalked from angle of cell, 3 given 

 off just before the margin ; 4 from angle; ^ obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; both wings with a veinlet in the cell. 



A. Wings with orange spots splendens. 



B. Wings with white spots minima. 



C. Wings without spots. 



a. Abdomen with lateral crimson bands sithon. 



b. Abdomen without crimson bands. 

 a\ Metathorax with magenta ])ateh. 



a'''. Abdomen with the basal segments, and a sublateral 



fascia, whitish picta. 



b"^. Abdomen without whitish markings. 



a^. Back of bend magenta sanguiceps. 



b^. Back of head black melanthus. 



b^. Metathorax without magenta patch. 



a^. Fore wing fuscous vtsnia. 



P. Fore wing hyaline translucida. 



*568. Pseudomya splendens. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Mastigocera splendens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) ii. p. 240 (1888) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 130. 



S . Black ; antennae orange-brown ; teg'ulae, pectus, and hind 

 coxae with orange patches ; abdomen greenish black ; orange lateral 

 patches on 1st segment ; a band on 3rd segment, incomplete dorsally 

 and followed by four smaller spots, sublateral patches on 2ud 

 segment. Fore wing greenish black, with small orange spots at 

 base, a subbasal spot below cell, a quadrate spot below middle of 

 cell ; a small spot in upper end of cell ; elongate spots above veins 

 3 and 4 and a point above 6. Hind wing with orange streaks below 

 the cell and on inner area and a spot beyond the cell between veins 

 2 and 6. 



Hah. Bahamas, New Providence {Taylor). Exp. 30 raillim. 

 Type t in Coll. Druce. 



669. Psendomya minima. (Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Hippola minima, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 298, pi. 3. f. 6 (1867) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 122. 



(S . Blue-black ; palpi whitish at ba=!e ; antennae orange, the 

 shaft dark above ; teguloe and patagia with white spots, hind tarsi 

 white at tips ; abdomen brighter blue, the 1st segment with large 



